The Mysterious Eagle Owl

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No: HPFGUIDX 37881

Cindy wrote:

> >So.  What was that darn eagle owl doing that night?

What I take from this, given the other mentions of eagle owls as 
associated with Draco or (in Harry's dream in GF, "The Dream") 
Voldemort, is that "eagle owl" is a big screaming neon sign 
saying "TROUBLE HERE!"  In the midst of this rather poignant scene, 
it's a warning.  This reader missed it completely the first 3 times 
she read GF, but if any eagle owls stick their beaks into OoP, I'm 
on 'em like white on rice.

What was it doing that night?  Well, we know there are communications 
between Crouch Jr. and Voldemort, and as Tex points out, there may be 
some between Draco and Rita as well.  Then there are the other dodgy 
things going on, like Bagman coping with the goblins (Cindy, you 
asked long ago whether we could implicate him <g>) and Fred and 
George coping with Bagman.  No particular event in the books matches 
up with this post, if it even is a post and not just an owl out for a 
pleasant springtime fly, but to very attentive readers it conveys a 
sense of foreboding.

Amy Z
who, speaking of foreboding, just got to the end of "The Pensieve" on 
GF Listen #19 and must add its last lines to the Great Chapter 
Endings Hall of Fame